Bible Verses About What Happens When You Die
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for what happens when you die, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,407 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 12:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about What Happens When You Die
Ecclesiastes 12:7446 votes
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18413 votes
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
Daniel 12:2369 votes
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Ecclesiastes 9:5290 votes
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
2 Corinthians 5:10264 votes
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
John 5:24254 votes
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 11:25254 votes
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Ezekiel 18:4229 votes
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Romans 6:23227 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:51201 votes
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Romans 2:6-8197 votes
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Hebrews 9:27189 votes
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Revelation 21:4183 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Matthew 10:28181 votes
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Luke 23:43168 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
John 3:16161 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalms 146:4158 votes
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Revelation 20:15143 votes
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
John 5:28-29141 votes
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Genesis 3:19136 votes
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
John 6:50-71125 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
2 Corinthians 5:8123 votes
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Revelation 20:14119 votes
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
1 Thessalonians 4:16102 votes
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
James 4:1489 votes
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
What does the Bible say about what happens when you die?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 12:7 on the subject of what happens when you die. Across 8,407 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Daniel 12:2, Ecclesiastes 9:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.